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Update from readingbyexample.com: An article, a post, an opportunity, and a reading cel... - 31 views
When a Bookstore Closes, an Argument Ends - The New Yorker - 21 views
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once a bookstore is gone we lose the particular opportunities for adjacency it offers,
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Restaurants, bookstores, cafés—on a grander scale railway stations, on a lesser one chessboards near park benches—are the sinews of civil society.
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Enlightenment happened more often in a café than a classroom.
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Coaching Conversations in Online Spaces | Reading By Example - 57 views
Three Steps for Becoming More Engaged in Google+ Communities | Reading By Example - 25 views
Education Update:Approaching Race from the Inside Out:Why Glorify Failure to Enhance Su... - 10 views
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When approaching any learning goal, experienced teachers typically know the misunderstandings students are likely to have and the kinds of errors they are likely to make. The key is not to wait for these problems to be verified through an assessment but to build lessons around them.
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Regular formative assessments paired with structured, high-quality corrective activities can prevent minor errors from becoming major learning problems and failures.
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Finally, we must help our students understand that the conditions for success are within their control and that we will help them remedy their learning errors when they occur. In other words, we, as teachers, must have a growth orientation to learning, and we must help our students develop the same orientation.
Backward Design: The Right Kind of Work | Reading By Example - 68 views
E-Portfolios Link Academic Achievements to Career Success -- Campus Technology - 35 views
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Another area that's still hazy is the e-portfolio feedback system. As Pirie put it, "If I have no audience for what I'm doing, why should I care?" But the question is, who should do the reviewing and provide the feedback to the student — faculty members, the program adviser, somebody from the career services department or peers in the program?
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"We don't know what the right choice or mix of reviewers is," she conceded, "but we do know [e-portfolios] should be reviewed on a regular basis" to get specific feedback to the student around content, structure and overall usability.
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And there are questions around expanding the usage of e-portfolios within the online program. "Are we missing pieces?" asked Pirie. "What touchpoints are the most essential for the students throughout that three-year process?"
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Determining What is Lifeworthy Learning in School | Reading By Example - 34 views
The reason I am replacing my iPhone with an Android smartphone | Reading By Example - 100 views
Still more questions than answers about how to treat ADHD - The Washington Post - 16 views
Who is Formative Assessment Really For? | Teaching Matters - 77 views
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W. James Popham calls "an assessment informed climate,”
Beyond the Screen: Osmo for the iPad | Reading By Example - 51 views
The Top 10 Ways to be an Extraordinary Leader Today | Leadership Freak - 50 views
Reading with Discernment - School in the Cloud - 35 views
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It’s quite remarkable what children will achieve when adults have confidence in them.
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